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MTLT’s All Tasks Issue and Special Issue – Call for Papers

The editorial board of Mathematics Teacher: Learning & Teaching PK-12 (MTLT) is calling for papers. The deadline for submissions for the All Task Issue is October 31, 2025. The deadline for submissions for the Special Issue is January 15, 2026. Here is the link to the journal: https://pubs.nctm.org/view/journals/mtlt/mtlt-overview.xml?tab_body=CallForPapers

By Tuyin An

Community Updates Fall 2025

Got a promotion? Published a new paper? Presented at a conference? Travelled somewhere fun? We’d love to hear about it! Share in the comments below!

By Steve Boyce, Stephen Szydlik

Working Group Updates from GeT: The News 6(2)

Transformation Group Update by Steve Boyce In the spring of 2025, the transformation group mainly focused on elaborating on a sequence of lessons that GeT instructors could insert into their course to teach the proof of the Side-Angle-Side (SAS) triangle congruence criterion from a transformation perspective. In the fall 2024 semester, Kevin McLeod incorporated a […]

By Steve Boyce, Mara Markinson, Robert Bell

Opening Note to GeT: The News 6(2)

The GeT News editorial team is excited to share the latest news and developments from our vibrant GeT community. This issue highlights the continued thoughtful work being done to deepen geometry instruction for future teachers.  We feature two articles drawn from the forthcoming GeT Support book: a description of a GeT course built around Euclid’s Elements, […]

By Stephen Szydlik

Herbst presented plenary talk at MI-AMTE on March 15

Pat Herbst offered a plenary talk titled Collaboration or change: Finding a sustainable stride. He offered the example of GeT: A Pencil as a way in which researchers can collaborate with practitioners by providing consultation and organization support while practitioners identify their goals and mechanisms to work on improving their practice. A video of the talk […]

By Get: A Pencil Admin

MAA Open Workshop for Geometry for Teachers Instructors June 23-26, 2025

Nat Miller, Steve Boyce, Mara Markinson, Amanda Brown, and Pat Herbst will be offering an online  workshop within the framework of the MAA Open Workshops https://web.cvent.com/event/78ec3364-4202-482e-a5ac-2b3fd68d23bd/summary Do you teach a college geometry course, or are you planning to teach one? Would you like more ways to think about what such a course should be about? […]

By Get: A Pencil Admin

Working Group Updates from GeT: The News 6(1)

Focus: SLO 9 and SLO 4 (tangentially) by Bob Bell The Wednesday GeT Working Group has been discussing SLO 9: Non-Euclidean Geometry and SLO 4: Axioms & Models. The group consists of five community members (S. Greenwald, R. Bell, T. Mingus, D. Dumitrascu, and K-H. Roh). We are working towards common goals of (1) creating […]

By Robert Bell, Mara Markinson, Tuyin An, Julia St. Goar

Join us from November 7-10 for GRIP Lab presentations at PME-NA 46

Come see us in Cleveland at Hilton Downtown this week and be part of our PMN-NA discussions! Presentation Title: Gauging professional growth: Moving beyond binary assessments by examining teachers’ practical arguments in simulations of practiceSpeakers: Amanda Brown, Patricio Herbst, and Gil Schwarts from the University of MichiganDate: November 8, 2024Time: 03:35 – 04:15 PM ESTLocation: Hope Ballroom B, Hilton Downtown, […]

By Get: A Pencil Admin

GeT Sustainability Summit

The GeT Sustainability Summit occurred on June 28, 2024, from 2:00 to 3:30 pm, and offered a unique opportunity for members to connect, share updates, and discuss the future of the GeT: A Pencil community. This event was an engaging session focused on sustainability and community growth. The event was attended by leaders of the […]

By Get: A Pencil Admin